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Yajith
Level 4
14 years ago
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NetBackup 7.1 Solaris Installation Components

Hi All,

I'm engaged in my first NetBackup Enterprise server installation on Solaris.

I have downloaded and installed "NetBackup_7.1_Solaris_x86.tar.gz" from fileconnect and noticed something very different.
"jnbSA" and some other binaries i remember from my past experiences are not there.

Installation it self was quite different, some of the prompts i remember very well like the hostname etc. and on the PBX component were simply not there. When given my serial key at fileconnect, all i'm given is above server installation ( for many platforms ), client installation and other things like opscenter. I can't find any location where i can find those components ( eg. java console, pbx etc. ) and not quite sure what components are mandatory.

Appreciate some advice with this.

Regards,

Yajith

 

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Installing
NetBackup
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    14 years ago

    So, what did you respond at this point?

    Is this okay? (y) [y, n,?, q]

    It seems that your installation was not successful.

    You need to find and check the installation log. Depending on your answer to above question, the installation log will either be in /usr/openv/tmp  or /opt/openv/tmp. Look for install_trace.####.

  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Everything is built into the installer now apart from OpsCenter

    All agents, pbx, java components etc. are in included in the single installation package.

    Everything gets installed but only becomes active when the appropriate license key is added to the system

    Hope this helps

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    What makes you say '"jnbSA is not there"?

    I can see it on my 7.1 installation:

    /> cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin >ls jnb*
    jnbSA

    I can also see pbx if I look at running processes:

    > /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpps -x

    NB Processes
    ------------
    .......


    MM Processes
    ------------
    ......


    Shared Symantec Processes
    -------------------------
    root     22191     1  0 Mar14 ?        00:00:08 /opt/VRTSpbx/bin/pbx_exchange
     

    If you read through the NBU Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux  http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3647  you will see that client software along with ALL agents and options are installed with NBU Server software.

  • Yajith's avatar
    Yajith
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    This is part of the issue as i noticed.

    "jnbSA" binary is simply not there inside /usr/openv/netbackup/bin

    Installation wizard it self ran in a very different way and did not prompt for a hostname etc. that i remember as a part of the process from my previous installations.

    Only package installed by the installer seems to be "SYMCnetbp"

  • Yajith's avatar
    Yajith
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    To clarify more, the installation did not prompt for anything else after the below point. (No license key entry etc!)

    ----

    NetBackup and Media Manager binaries will be installed in
    /opt/openv
    and a link will be created from /usr/openv to opt/openv, if it
    does not exist.
    Is this okay? (y) [y, n,?, q]

    ----

    Only thing that was different is that i had a /usr/openv already created as a separate mount point and the installer detected it as a conflict. It prompted to continue with the conflict. I'm starting to wonder, by doing that it has only done some sort of a partial setup.

    I'm thinking of trying a reinstallation, but since /usr/openv is on a seperate mount still i think i will keep getting this conflict message and might end up in the same place.

    Your ideas are much appreciated.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    So, what did you respond at this point?

    Is this okay? (y) [y, n,?, q]

    It seems that your installation was not successful.

    You need to find and check the installation log. Depending on your answer to above question, the installation log will either be in /usr/openv/tmp  or /opt/openv/tmp. Look for install_trace.####.

  • Yajith's avatar
    Yajith
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    I may have found a clue why it happened. The files reported missing on the install trace seem to be exist only with partial file names. Perhaps some problem during the extraction.

    I have removed and cleaned up the installation, will be performing a fresh install again in few minutes. Will keep you posted.

  • Gaurav21's avatar
    Gaurav21
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    Are you sure the platform is x86? the script may not be working due to the same.

  • Yajith's avatar
    Yajith
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    I was able to install the server properly after a cleanup. Issue was with the way i extracted the installation bundle. I have been using a "tar" binary that came with the OS, which i think is the root cause of all the problems.

    After extracting the bundle with GNU tar, i was able to do the installation properly. I used below link to download the appropriate tar binary for Solaris.

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH154080

    Thanks all for your valuable advices, referring to the install_trace was the key here.